The BOAC Canadair DC4-M4 airliner named Antiope and registered G-ALHR, standing on the tarmac at Nicosia airport in Cyprus.
The BOAC Canadair DC4-M4 airliner named Antiope and registered G-ALHR, standing on the tarmac at Nicosia airport in Cyprus. It is seen from the port side, abaft the wing, and is being refuelled. The aircraft was first registered on 23 February 1949. The photographer, Henry P. Bird, was heading home to the U.K. having been discharged from the tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945) at Bahrain.
Object Details
| ID: | P50042 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Vessels: | Antiope (1949) |
| Date made: | 8-9 December 1955 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 46 mm x 72 mm |